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June Double-Round Quick-Rated Quads, Round 2

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold US Chess quick-rated double-round quads and/or 6- or 8-person 3-round Swiss sections over three consecutive weeks beginning Thursday, June 6th, using the G/15;d5 time control and playing two games against each opponent during the same evening, one as white and one as black. Players will be grouped into quads or small Swiss sections based upon rating to keep things as even as possible. No byes will be available for this event so if you are unable to play all three weeks (June 6th, 13th, 20th) please do not register. These quads are suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow:

Format: Double-round quads and/or small Swiss tournaments over three weeks, two games per evening against the same opponent, one as white and one as black
Rounds: June 6th, 13th and 20th—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/15;d5 (quick-rated game of 15 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund.
Prizes: First place in each quad receives $25, second place receives $15, any ties will split the cash prize(s)—Swiss sections will offer three prizes
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Equipment: Boards, sets, clocks, score sheets and pens will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a digital clock if you own one)
Membership: All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Rules: Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
Info: For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Social: Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

June Double-Round Quick-Rated Quads, Round 1

Format: Double-round quads and/or small Swiss tournaments over three weeks, two games per evening against the same opponent, one as white and one as black
Rounds: June 6th, 13th and 20th—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/15;d5 (quick-rated game of 15 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund.
Prizes: First place in each quad receives $25, second place receives $15, any ties will split the cash prize(s)—Swiss sections will offer three prizes
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Equipment: Boards, sets, clocks, score sheets and pens will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a digital clock if you own one)
Membership: All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Rules: Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
Info: For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Social: Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

April 26, 2024May 5, 2024

April Petite Swiss Final Results

Our three-round April Petite Swiss wrapped up last night with some very exciting games deciding first through third places in each section, as well as some interesting games which didn’t factor into the prizes, including my effort against Frisco Del Rosario wherein my already-shaky position crumbled dramatically in serious time trouble (I haven’t yet had time to analyze the game, Frisco, but am wondering if f6 instead of the more cavalier f5 might have prolonged things).

The full results are included in the attached image and of special note is the performance of Josen Kalra, who gained 80 and 121 points in his Regular and Quick ratings, respectively, with his tie for first in section one. The tournament has already been rated by US Chess—if you spot any errors please let me know and I will correct them immediately.

The winners and their earnings are given below—thank you to everyone who played in this event and we’ll hold another rated tournament beginning in late May or early June. Regards,

Mark Drury

Secton One:
1-3: Alexander Su, $33.33
1-3: Wentao Wu, $33.33
1-3: Josen Kalra, $33.33

Section Two:
1: Hayden Brongersma, $40
2: Banks Bennion, $25
3-4: Samuel Agdamag, $7.50
3-4: Amogh Rao, $7.50

Section Three:
1: Thomas Gerber, $50
2: Charles Mayville, $30
3-5: Jeffrey Ungar, $7
3-5: Andrew Yu, $7
3-5: Shlok Chowdhury, $7

April 13, 2024April 16, 2024

April Petite Swiss Round Two Results

Below are the round two results and round three pairings for our dual-rated G45;d5 Swiss in three sections. The third and final round will begin promptly at 7pm Thursday, April 25th, so please try to arrive at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center by 6:50pm if at all possible. More details about this tournament may be found on the event page.

Section One

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Kathan Shukla	B 9	W 7	B 3
	1907 15808601	1.0	2.0		2.0
2	Alexander Su	B 8	W 3	B 4
	1999 12857329	1.0	1.5		1.5
3	Wentao Wu	W 6	B 2	W 1
	1935 16629782	1.0	1.5		1.5
4	Tobin Bennion	B 10	bye	W 2
	1770 12679573	1.0	1.5		1.5
5	Josen Kalra	B 7	W 9	B 6
	1600 12615210	0.5	1.5		1.5
6	Taewoo Kim	B 3	W 10	W 5
	1692 30622509	0.0	1.0		1.0
7	Frisco Del Rosario	W 5	B 1	W 8
	1900 10987792	0.5	0.5		0.5
8	Mark Drury	W 2	bye	B 7
	1734 12459313	0.0	0.5		0.5
9	Cesar Tamondong	W 1	B 5	W 10
	1610 12439091	0.0	0.0		0.0
10	David Zhao	W 4	B 6	B 9
	1543 14793784	0.0	0.0		0.0

Section Two

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Samuel Agdamag	B 7	W 4	B 2
	1458 14874734	1.0	2.0		2.0
2	Hayden Brongersma	B 5	W 7	W 1
	1118 31240441	1.0	2.0		2.0
3	Banks Bennion	B 6	bye	W 4
	1351 30175646	1.0	1.5		1.5
4	Leia Lin	W 8	B 1	B 3
	1453 17110828	1.0	1.0		1.0
5	Kornel Csernai	W 2	B 8	W 6
	1265 30594380	0.0	1.0		1.0
6	Amogh Rao	W 3	bye	B 5
	1166p 30949341	0.0	1.0		1.0
7	Atul Dhingra	W 1	B 2	bye
	1204p 31236322	0.0	0.0		0.0
8	Hugo Pu	B 4	W 5	bye
	1177 31093860	0.0	0.0		0.0

Section Three

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Jeffrey Ungar	B 6	W 4	B 2
	1063p 16396743	1.0	2.0		2.0
2	Thomas Gerber	W 7	B 5	W 1
	1061p 31647505	1.0	2.0		2.0
3	Charles Mayville	B 10	bye	W 5
	1012p 31640366	1.0	1.5		1.5
4	Brian Chen	W 9	B 1	W 7
	839p 31583753	1.0	1.0		1.0
5	Austin Chen	B 8	W 2	B 3
	820 31293249	1.0	1.0		1.0
6	Andrew Yu	W 1	B 9	W 8
	718 31364087	0.0	1.0		1.0
7	Shlok Chowdhury	B 2	W 10	B 4
	566 30627995	0.0	1.0		1.0
8	Neeraj Rao	W 5	bye	B 6
	1066 30789296	0.0	0.5		0.5
9	Maxime Gerber	B 4	W 6	B 10
	339p 31647554	0.0	0.0		0.0
10	Victor Chen	W 3	B 7	W 9
	265 30760848	0.0	0.0		0.0

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024

April Petite Swiss Round One Pairings

Below are the round one pairings for our dual-rated G45;d5 Swiss in three sections. The first round begins promptly at 7pm this Thursday, April 4th, so please try to arrive at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center by 6:50pm if at all possible. More details about this tournament may be found on the event page.

SECTION ONE

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Total
1	Alexander Su	B 6
	1999 12857329		0.0
2	Wentao Wu	W 7
	1935 16629782		0.0
3	Kathan Shukla	B 8
	1907 15808601		0.0
4	Frisco Del Rosario	W 9
	1900 10987792		0.0
5	Tobin Bennion	B 10
	1770 12679573		0.0
6	Mark Drury	W 1
	1734 12459313		0.0
7	Taewoo Kim	B 2
	1692 30622509		0.0
8	Cesar Tamondong	W 3
	1610 12439091		0.0
9	Josen Kalra	B 4
	1600 12615210		0.0
10	David Zhao	W 5
	1543 14793784		0.0

SECTION TWO

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Total
1	Samuel Agdamag	B 5
	1458 14874734		0.0
2	Leia Lin	W 6
	1453 17110828		0.0
3	Banks Bennion	B 7
	1351 30175646		0.0
4	Kornel Csernai	W 8
	1265 30594380		0.0
5	Atul Dhingra	W 1
	1204p 31236322		0.0
6	Hugo Pu	B 2
	1177 31093860		0.0
7	Amogh Rao	W 3
	1166p 30949341		0.0
8	Hayden Brongersma	B 4
	1118 31240441		0.0

SECTION THREE

#	Name/Rating/ID	Rd 1	Total
1	Neeraj Rao	W 6
	1066 30789296		0.0
2	Jeffrey Ungar	B 7
	1063p 16396743		0.0
3	Thomas Gerber	W 8
	1061p 31647505		0.0
4	Charles Mayville	B 10
	1012p 31640366		0.0
5	Brian Chen	W 9
	839p 31583753		0.0
6	Austin Chen	B 1
	820 31293249		0.0
7	Andrew Yu	W 2
	718 31364087		0.0
8	Shlok Chowdhury	B 3
	566 30627995		0.0
9	Maxime Gerber	B 5
	339p 31647554		0.0
10	Victor Chen	W 4
	265 30760848		0.0

April Petite Swiss, Round 3

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold a US Chess dual-rated Swiss-system event over three weeks beginning Thursday, April 4th, and concluding April 25th (there will be no chess club meeting April 18th). Players will be divided into groups of 6 or 8 based on rating and will play one game at G/45;d5 each week. No byes will be available for this event so if you are unable to play all three weeks (April 4th, 11th, 25th) please do not register for the tournament. This event is suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow:

Format: Swiss-system tournament over three weeks, one game per evening
Rounds: April 4th, 11th, 25th—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/45;d5 (Dual-rated game of 45 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund
Prizes: Dependent upon group size but for 8 players first receives $40, second $25 and third $15.
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Equipment: Boards, sets, clocks, score sheets and pens will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
Membership: All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Rules: Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
Info: For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Social: Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

April Petite Swiss, Round 2

Format: Swiss-system tournament over three weeks, one game per evening
Rounds: April 4th, 11th, 25th—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/45;d5 (Dual-rated game of 45 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund
Prizes: Dependent upon group size but for 8 players first receives $40, second $25 and third $15.
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Equipment: Boards, sets, clocks, score sheets and pens will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
Membership: All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Rules: Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
Info: For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Social: Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

April Petite Swiss, Round 1

Format: Swiss-system tournament over three weeks, one game per evening
Rounds: April 4th, 11th, 25th—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/45;d5 (Dual-rated game of 45 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund
Prizes: Dependent upon group size but for 8 players first receives $40, second $25 and third $15.
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Equipment: Boards, sets, clocks, score sheets and pens will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
Membership: All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Rules: Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
Info: For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Social: Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

January Double-Round Quick-Rated Quads, Round 3

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold USCF Quick-rated double-round quads over three consecutive weeks beginning Thursday, January 18th, using the G/15;d5 time control and playing two games against each opponent during the same evening, one as white and one as black. No byes will be available for this event so if you are unable to play all three weeks (18th, 25th, February 1st) please do not register for the tournament. These quads are suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow:

Format: Double-round quad tournament over three weeks, two games per evening against the same opponent, one as white and one as black
Rounds: January 18th, 25th, February 1st—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/15;d5 (Quick-rated game of 15 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund.
Prizes: First place in each quad receives $25, second place receives $15, any ties will split the cash prize(s)
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Boards, sets and clocks will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club or tweet @MenloParkChess
Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

January Double-Round Quick-Rated Quads, Round 2

Format: Double-round quad tournament over three weeks, two games per evening against the same opponent, one as white and one as black
Rounds: January 18th, 25th, February 1st—games begin promptly at 7:00pm
Control: G/15;d5 (Quick-rated game of 15 minutes per player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $10 (PayPal: mark@drury.com; Venmo: @Mark-Drury-12); entire entry fee goes to the prize fund.
Prizes: First place in each quad receives $25, second place receives $15, any ties will split the cash prize(s)
Byes: No byes are available for this event
Register: Please sign up in advance using the ‘Register’ button, above
Boards, sets and clocks will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Our tournament chess rules summary is mandatory reading if you’re new to tournament play
For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club or tweet @MenloParkChess
Join our Facebook group or email list to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events